Actor Mark Wahlberg still has connections in Plymouth from his teenaged days as a guest at the county jail on Obery Street, Wicked Local Plymouth reported.

The town’s West Elementary School now is getting new basketball courts thanks in part to Wahlberg and some local parents and businesses.

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Wahlberg, the star of "Ted," "Boogie Nights" and "The Departed," is footing the cost of materials to renovate two courts at the school. Two local contractors will do the work for free.

Dan Shaughnessy, a West Elementary School parent and the owner of Shaughnessy Rentals, appeared before the Plymouth School Committee this week to request approval for the project.

Shaughnessy explained that Wahlberg Knows people in Plymouth from time he spend at the jail during his teenage years.

An old friend reached out to Wahlberg’s charity, the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, and secured the $20,000 needed to purchase 140 tons of asphalt, four professional grade basketball hoops and paint striping for two courts.

The courts will be renovated on the slightly expanded footprint of the existing courts.

The work, which begins Saturday, will only be done on weekends and should be complete in three weeks.

Shaughnessy Rentals, which has a paving component, will do the work with Veiga Construction, a third-generation local paving company, for free.

The finished courts will be open to the community and available for use by summer Recreation Department campers.

Weather permitting, the work will be completed in time for the elementary school’s graduation ceremonies later this month.

School Superintendent Gary Maestas thanked Shaughnessy, Veiga Construction and the Wahlberg Foundation for their generosity and invited all to a ribbon cutting when the project is finished. There is no word if Wahlberg will attend.